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Isis and Osiris, by Plutarch

by: Plutarch; Frank Cole Babbitt, translator

Topics: Religion, Religions, Ancient, Egypt, Egyptian, Gods, Goddesses, Deities, Isis, Osiris, Myths, Mythology, Legends, Folklore, Tales, Plutarch, Beliefs, Practices, Customs, Ethnography, History, Historical, Remote, Ancient, Classical, Rome, Roman Empire

Collection: robert-bedrosian-library; additional_collections

Item Size: 80.4M

Isis and Osiris, by Plutarch, in 198 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages, translated from Greek by Frank Cole Babbitt. Loeb Classical Library volume L306, Plutarch Moralia V (New York, 1936), pp. 3-191. Wikipedia has entries on the author (Plutarch), who lived from about 46 to 119 A.D., and also on his invaluable description of two Egyptian deities, Isis and Osiris. Attached to the pdf document is a multilingual HTML version, based on an earlier translation by C. W. King. Scanned by Robert Bedrosian. On the topic, see also James George Frazer's Adonis, Attis, Osiris: Studies in the History of Oriental Religion.

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